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Guide for Teaching Scuba to Divers with Special Needs.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Best Publishing Company, Flagstaff, AZ, 1998, ISBN:0941332640:

Seller ID: 89997

DEGNAN, Frank. A Guide for Teaching Scuba to Divers with Special Needs. (Flagstaff, AZ) : Best Publishing Company, (1998). Pp (208). Illustrated. 8vo,illustrated green card covers, “The purpose of this guide is to provide pr actical information for certified scuba instructors teaching scuba to individuals with special needs. The book discusses techniques for accommodating the physical needs which result from spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, oramputation. Subject material covered: Etiquette, Medical Aspects, Equipmen t, Teaching Techniques, Wheel-chairs, and Developing Your Program.” - f...
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Half Mile Down. First Edition in dustjacket

By: BEEBE, William

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1934,:

Seller ID: 77126

BEEBE, William. Half Mile Down. With 123 illustrations and 8 colored plates. New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1934). First American Printing (stated). Pp. [i]-xix,(1),[1]-344,(4), colour frontispiece (with tissue guard), + 7 leaves of colour plates. Includes numerous other illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. 8vo, black cloth with pressed decoration to front and silver lettering to spine. Berra, William Beebe: An Annotated Bibliography XVIII; Hallett, Bermuda in Print : A Guide to the Printed Literature on Bermuda, 2nd ed., p.21; Anderson, Submarines, Diving, and the Underwater World:...
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Her Name Titanic : The Untold Story of the Sinking and Finding of the Unsinkable Ship. in dj

By: PELLEGRINO, Charles

Price: $20.00

Publisher: McGraw-Hill,, 1988, ISBN:0070492808:

Seller ID: 65994

PELLEGRINO, Charles. Her Name Titanic. [Dj adds: The Untold Story of the Sinking and Finding of the Unsinkable Ship]. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1988). First US Printing. Pp. (8),ix-xvii,(3),1-269, + [16] pp of plates + [14] pp of diagrams. Illustrated. 8vo, blue cloth spine with light blue paper covered boards, black lettering to spine. Dr. Pellegrino is a scientist who participated in the follow-up examination of the Titanic after her initial discovery by Robert Ballard. The author not only describes the sinking of Cunard's greatest liner, but he explains the scientific ingenuity that was respo...
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Historic Site Archaeology in Canada

By: KIDD, Kenneth E. National Museum of Canada Anthropology Papers, 22)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: National Museum of Canada, Ottawa, 1969,:

Seller ID: 71698

KIDD, Kenneth E. Historic Site Archaeology in Canada . Ottawa: National Museum of Canada, September 1969. Pp. 1-47,(1). 8vo, stapled printed white card covers. National Museum of Canada Anthropology Papers, number 22. Pp. 23-25 include diving and shipwreck investigation information. Spine browned, namestamp, else vg. 10.00
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History Under the Sea: A Handbook for Underwater Exploration. card covers

By: PETERSON, Mendel

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Alexandria, Virginia , 1973,:

Seller ID: 85221

PETERSON, Mendel. History Under the Sea : A Handbook for Underwater Exploration. Alexandria, Virginia : Published by the Author, (1973). Pp 108 + 56 plates. 8vo, card covers. Anderson 966. Contents : 1. Locations of Underwater Sites; 2. Some Expeditions in the Western Hemisphere; 3. Search Techniques; 4. Condition of Underwater Sites; 5. Surveying Underwater Sites; 6. Recovery Techniques; 7. Preservation of Materials Recovered from Water; 8. Identification of Shipwreck Sites. With bibliography and appendix. Name else very good. 15.00
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History Under the Sea: A Handbook for Underwater Exploration. card covers

By: PETERSON, Mendel Smithsonian Publication 4538

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1965,:

Seller ID: 21291

PETERSON, Mendel. History Under the Sea : A Handbook for Underwater Exploration. Washington : Smithsonian Institution, (1965). Pp 108 + 56 plates. 8vo, card covers. Anderson 966. Contents : 1. Locations of Underwater Sites; 2. Some Expeditions in the Western Hemisphere; 3. Search Techniques; 4. Condition of Underwater Sites; 5. Surveying Underwater Sites; 6. Recovery Techniques; 7. Preservation of Materials Recovered from Water; 8. Identificationof Shipwreck Sites. With bibliography and appendix. Light spotting, else v g. 22.00
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How We Found the Mary Rose.

By: McKEE, Alexander

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Souvenir, London, 1982,:

Seller ID: 54001

McKEE, Alexander. How We Found the Mary Rose. (London) : Souvenir, (1982). Pp 141, including numerous b/w photos and drawings to text + [16] pp of colour plates. 8vo, illustrated card covers. "This is the unique story of the man who, with a little band of fellow divers, searched for the ship that nobody believed was there - and found her, a buried treasure house of Tudor history." -from the cover. Rubbed, name, else vg. 15.00
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Hundred Years of Remorse : When Treasure Hunting Becomes a Spiritual Odyssey. First Edition.

By: ROBILLARD, Marcel.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Modus Vivendi, Laval, 2002, ISBN:2895230994:

Seller ID: 55076

ROBILLARD, Marcel. A Hundred Years of Remorse : When Treasure Hunting Becomes a Spiritual Odyssey. (Laval, Quebec : Les Publications Modus Vivendi, 2002). First Printing. Pp. (12),[13]-[237],(3). Illustrated with photos, maps, and facsimiles to text. 8vo, illustrated card covers, blue spine, white lettering to frnot cover and spine. "A Hundred Years of Remorse is a voyage into the depth of the frigid and unforgiving waters off Newfoundland. It isalso one man's spiritual journey to discover his nature and identity." -fr om the cover. Gift inscription to flyleaf, else very good. 12.00
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Hundred Years of Remorse : When Treasure Hunting Becomes a Spiritual Odyssey. signed pbk.

By: ROBILLARD, Marcel.

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Modus Vivendi, 2002, ISBN:2-89523-099-4:

Seller ID: 87136

ROBILLARD, Marcel. A Hundred Years of Remorse : When Treasure Hunting Becomes a Spiritual Odyssey. (Laval, Que.: Les Publications Modus Vivendi, 2002). Pp 236. Illustrated with photos, maps, and facsimiles to text. 8vo, illustrated blue card covers. "A Hundred Years of Remorse is a voyage into the depth of the frigid and unforgiving waters off Newfoundland. It is also one man's spiritual journey to discover his nature and identity." -from the cover. Vg. Inscribed by Robillard on the ffep. 14.00
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In Search of Shipwrecks. in dj.

By: JENNEY, Jim

Price: $30.00

Publisher: A.S. Barnes, South Brunswick, NJ, 1980, ISBN:0498023890:

Seller ID: 85594

JENNEY, Jim. In Search of Shipwrecks. South Brunswick, NJ: A.S. Barnes and Co., (1980). First Printing. Pp. (10),11-185,(7), + 8 p. of plates. 8vo, black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Contents: 1. Research; 2. Equipment and Tools; 3. Search Techniques; 4. Artifacts: Recovery and Preservation; 5. Lydia Skolfield; 6. Minerva; 7. Llewellyn Howland; 8. Hilda Garston; 9. Maine: The Royal Tar, The Cambridge; 10. New Hampshire: The Celeste, The Iva Belle; 11. Massachusetts: The City of Columbus, The Jason; 12. Rhode Island: The Benjamin Butler, The Achilles, The Larchmont and the Harry Knowlt...
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In the Belly of a Whale : Duluth's Shipwreck Tragedy. Third Printing

By: ENGMAN, Elmer

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Innerspace, Duluth, MN, 1988, ISBN:096205710x:

Seller ID: 109987

ENGMAN, Elmer. In the Belly of a Whale. [cover adds subtitle: Duluth's Shipwreck Tragedy]. TIllustrated with Photographs and Drawings. Duluth, MN : Innerspace, 1988. Third Printing. "Printed in the United States of America byArrowhead Printing, Inc, Duluth, MN." Pp (4),5-48. With 28 b&w photos in t he text. Other illustrations in the text. 8vo, illustrated stapled cardcovers. This book deals with a peculiar type of Great Lakes ship called a whaleback. Contents : The Idea; The Launching; Sailing History; The Sinking; TheWork of Salvage; Scuba Diving; The Anchor; Facts of Steamer Hadley;...
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Island Treasure : The Search for Sir Cloudesley Shovell's Flagship Association. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: MORRIS, R.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: London, Hutchinson, 1969, ISBN:0090894006:

Seller ID: 24025

MORRIS, Roland. Island Treasure : The Search for Sir Cloudesley Shovell's Flagship Association. (London) : Hutchinson of London, (1969). First Edition. Pp (8),1-232. Illustrated throughout 8vo, dark olive cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "Roland Morris, as befits a man with fifteen years as a "hard top" diver behind him, has an eye for sturdy essentials. "Before one sets out on a treasure hunt", he says, "one should be armed with a chart.." and duly he found one ".. with the treasure ship itself sketched right alongside the very rock she struck on!" And what ...
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Jacques Cousteau : Man of the Oceans.

By: COUSTEAU, Jacques GREENE, Carol

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Childrens Press, Chicago , 1990, ISBN:0516442155:

Seller ID: 91104

(COUSTEAU, Jacques). GREENE, Carol. Jacques Cousteau : Man of the Oceans. Chicago : Childrens Press, (1990). First Printing. Pp [1]-45,(1). Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated blue card covers. A Rookie Biography. A biography of famed diver and explorer of the sea, Jacques Cousteau, written for children. Contents : 1. Three Wonderful Things. 2. Navy Man. 3. Calupso. 4. More Adventures. 5. Something Important. Rubbed, else very good. 10.00
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Journal of Naval Engineering. Vol. 30, No. 3, December 1987

By: Royal Navy - Admiralty) Admiralty)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ministry of Defence, Bath, 1987,:

Seller ID: 106863

(Royal Navy - Admiralty). Journal of Naval Engineering. Vol. 30, No. 3, December 1987. U.K. Restricted. (Bath : Ministry of Defence, 1987). Pp (2),445-676,(2). Illustrate. 8vo, blue card covers, lettered in black. Contents : 1. The Architecture of Frigates (by D. K. Brown). 2. Propulsion of ASW vessels (by C. M. Plumb ). 3. Designing Ship Aviation Facilities by CAD (by G. C. A'Court). 4. Novel and Contentious—the commercial refit of a submarine (by P.J. Cross). 5. Submarine Pressure Hull Design and Diving Depths betweenthe wars (by D.K. Brown). 6. Waterfog—developing a fire-fighting system...
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K-Men : The Story of the German Frogmen and Midget Submarines.

By: BEKKER, C.D.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: William Kimber, London , 1955,:

Seller ID: 93034

BEKKER, C.D. K-Men : The Story of the German Frogmen and Midget Submarines.Preface by Hellmuth Heye. London : William Kimber, (1955). First Edition. Pp [1]-206,(6), frontis + 8 pp plates. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Anderson 88. Contents : 1. The Special Naval Commandos. 2. The Niggers—One-man Torpedoes. 3. Niggers Attack the Invasion Fleet. 4. The Lentils—Explosive Motor-boats. 5. The Fighting Frogmen. 6. Special Operations Against Batteries and Locks. 7. The Attack on the Nijmegen Bridges. 8. The Beaver—One-man Submersible. 9. The Seal—Two-man Submarine. 10. The K-Force...
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Les Explorations Sous-Marins

By: PERRIER, Edmond

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Librairie Hachette , Paris , 1886,:

Seller ID: 24482

PERRIER, Edmond. Les Explorations Sous-Marins. Ouvrage illustré de 243 gravures. Paris : Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1886. Pp 352. Lg 8vo, printed wrappers. Polak 7463. Table des matières : Livre I - Historique : 1. Idées premières relatives au fond des mers; 2. Récit des premières explorations; 3. Voyage du Challenger; Livre II - Le Travailleur et le Talisman : 1. Dragagesdu Travailleur; 2-3. Voyage to Talisman; Livre III - L'Outillage : 1. Les recherches a effectuer; 2. Les sonfages; 3. Les dragages; 4. Les conditionsde la vie dans les grands fonds; Livre IV - Le Monde des Rivages et de...
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Life. Vol. 51, No. 5, August 4, 1961

By: Life Magazine KENNEDY, John F. MacLEISH, Kenneth

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Time Inc, Chicago , 1961,:

Seller ID: 86988

(Life Magazine). Life. Vol. 51, No. 5, August 4, 1961. (Chicago : Time Inc., 1961). Pp [1]-100. Illustrated. Double Column. Folio, illustrated blue stapled wrappers. Cover photo of President John F. Kennedy. Cover highlightedstory : 'Any dangerous spot is tenable if brave men will make it so.' Item s of nautical interest : “Adventure on a Great River : A Wet and Woolly Voyage on a Raft” [down the Colorado River] (pp 57-65); “The Deepest Dive EverMade” (by Kenneth MacLeish, pp 66-76). Other items of interest : “What the President's Speech Means to You” (pp 34 ff). Covers worn, maili...
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Loss of the Royal George. First Edition in dustjacket.

By: UDEN, Grant.

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Macdonald, London , 1970, ISBN:356031101:

Seller ID: 89522

UDEN, Grant. The Loss of the Royal George. Illustrated by Karen Usborne. London : Macdonald, (1970). First Edition. Pp [1]-96. Illustrated. 8vo, browncloth, gilt lettering to maroon panel to spine. In the Famous Events serie s for young adults. Grant Uden, né Bernard Gilbert Uden (b. 1910 - d. 1990). "The Royal George stayed afloat for only twenty-six years yet had a long and extraordinary history from the time when she was launched in 1756 rightup to the present day when the visitor to Trafalgar Square can still see, crouched round the base of Nelson's column, the lions made from the met...
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Lost Fleet : The Discovery of a Sunken Armada from the Golden Age of Piracy. 1st US in dj.

By: CLIFFORD, Barry

Price: $18.00

Publisher: William Morrow, New York, 2002, ISBN:0060198184:

Seller ID: 56403

CLIFFORD, Barry. The Lost Fleet : The Discovery of a Sunken Armada from theGolden Age of Piracy. (New York): William Morrow, (2002). First US Printin g. Pp. (6),[vii]-xi,(3),[1]-287,(3). Illustrated. 8vo, black cloth spine with red paper covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. "On January 2, 1678, a fleet of French ships sank in the Caribbean Sea, one hundred miles off of the Venezuelan coast on the killer reef of Las Aves Island" - from thedj. The author, a deep-sea diver, explores the story behind the disaster, relating it to the upsurge of piracy in the region during the period...
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Lost Fleet: : The Discovery of a Sunken Armada from the Golden Age of Piracy.

By: CLIFFORD, Barry

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Perennial, New York, 2003, ISBN:0060957794:

Seller ID: 64968

CLIFFORD, Barry. The Lost Fleet : The Discovery of a Sunken Armada from theGolden Age of Piracy. (NY): Perennial, (2003). Pp. 287. Illustrated with p hotos and drawings to text. 8vo, illustrated card covers. "On January 2, 1678, a fleet of French ships sank off the Venezuelan coast. This proved disastrous for French naval power in the region, and sparked the rise of a golden age of piracy. [...] More than three hundred years later, writer, explorer, and deep-sea diver Barry Clifford follows the pirates' destructive wakeback to Venezuela. With the help of a lost map, drawn by the captain of...
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